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Functional seizures instead of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Seemingly sanitized terminological shifts may seem progressive, but are they?

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Functional seizures: Sanitized terminological shifts may seem progressive but can be harmful Late last year, an ILAE Task Force proposal (Hingray et al., 2025) was published, urging that the term “psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)” be replaced with the new and improved “functional/dissociative seizures (F/DS).”  It is my understanding that some of the ILAE task force […]

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Choosing “functional seizures” over PNES: what might happen

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Abandoning the term “psychogenic nonepileptic seizures” (PNES) in favor of “functional (dissociative) seizures” or simply “functional seizures” needs to be examined. We need to consider possible unintended negative consequences of this name change. My sense of urgency comes from a troubling scenario I foresee. Read on and feel free to challenge me on this or

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Summer Recommendations on books about psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and epileptic seizures

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I like a lot of things about the summer months including the warmer weather, the longer days, the fact that New York City becomes less crowded, traveling, and sitting or lying outside resting and catching some sunrays.  But what I especially enjoy about the summer is that I get to read the books that have

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